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Hábitos bucais deletérios: os filhos imitam as mães na adoção destes hábitos?

2006; Editora da Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul (EDIPUCRS); Volume: 21; Issue: 52 Linguagem: Inglês

1980-6523

Júnia Maria Serra‐Negra, Letícia Camargo Vilela, Ademar Robert Rosa, Evert Leonard Santos Pinto Andrade, Saul Martins Paiva, Isabela Almeida Pordeus,

Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics

O objetivo do presente trabalho foi verificar o relacionamento entre os habitos bucais das maes e os habitos bucais dos filhos. Desenvolveu-se um estudo epidemiologico retrospectivo transversal com a entrevista, atraves de formulario pre-testado, de 208 maes na sala de espera das clinicas coordenadas pelo Departamento de Odontopediatria e Ortodontia da FOUFMG. Os dados coletados foram submetidos a analise estatistica, sendo o qui-quadrado e odds ratio os testes escolhidos. Observou-se que a chupeta foi o habito mais prevalente na infância tanto das maes quanto das criancas (46,6% e 65,4% respectivamente). A onicofagia foi o habito atual mais prevalente nos dois grupos (38,7% – maes e 32,7% – criancas). Verificou-se que filhos de maes que utilizaram a chupeta na infância apresentaram um risco de 3,4 vezes maior (OR = 3,4) de tambem apresentarem o habito de succao de chupeta comparados aos filhos de maes que nao apresentaram este habito. Constatou-se que filhos de maes com habito de onicofagia apresentaram quase quatro vezes mais chance de tambem apresentarem este costume (OR = 3,9). Dentre as portadoras de habitos, 72,6% considera que estes as prejudicaram ou a seus filhos em algum fator, sendo a desarmonia dos dentes o item mais citado pelas maes (71,9%). Encontrou-se associacao entre os habitos bucais das maes e das criancas, havendo uma tendencia de repeticao destes pelos filhos. A maioria das maes tem conhecimento de que os habitos bucais deleterios trazem prejuizos a conformacao das arcadas dentarias, porem a repeticao destes costumes pelos filhos foi frequente. UNITERMOS: habitos orais; comportamento; chupeta; onicofagia. SUMMARY The purpose of the present investigation was to analyze the possibility of association between mother’s oral habits and children’s oral habits. This transversal retrospective epidemiological study was made using a pre-tested questionnaire. Two hundred and eight (208) mothers were interviewed at the clinic’s waiting room by the Odontopediatrics and Orthodontics Department of Federal University of Minas Gerais (FOUFMG). The collected data was submitted to statistical analysis and the tests applied were the Chi-squares (χ2) and The Odds Ratio. The pacifier was noticed to be the most frequent childhood habit between mothers and their children (46,6% and 66,4% respectively). Nail biting was the most frequent actual habit present in the 2 groups (38,7% mothers and 32,7% children). It was verified that when mothers used to suck a pacifier during their childhood, their children had 3,4 times more chances to have the same habit, comparing to those children who mothers’ didn’t use to suck the pacifier. It was noticed that when mothers used to bite their nails, their children had almost 4 times more chances to have the same habit (OR = 3,9). Seventy two point six percents of mothers who had deleterious’ oral habit think that those habits can damage themselves or their children in some way, and on mothers’ opinion, dental problems are the most frequent damage present (71,9%). There was an association between mother’s oral habit and children’s oral habit, and it was noticed that children repeat mothers’ habit. The mothers’ majority knew that deleterious oral habits could be harmful to children’s dental arch formation; nevertheless it was still frequent in their children. UNITERMS: oral habits; behavior; pacifier; nail biting habit.